Liefmans Cuvée Brut (was: Kriekbier)

Brewed by Liefmans (Moortgat)
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Oudenaarde, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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750 ml. corked n’ caged bottle, cork says vintage 2010, cap says 2020, assuming EDT, drinking a little young- Pours a dark ruby red with a 3 finger light pink head. Aroma is intense, in your face tartness and funk, strong cherries, I would be happy just smelling this all day. The taste is strong tart cherries, funky, very creamy, just flat out good. Body is medium, carbonation is high, tangy. Overall I loved this beer, the best Kreik I have ever had, sadly my only comparison is Lindemans.

Draft at beer authority. Nice raspberry/cherrysweetness & floral character, balanced with a little hop & grain bitterness. Good.

Very fruity in flavor and some sourness and sweetness. Redish brown in color with a white head.

2010 bottle, from second to last release on SB. Dark red to brown, hazy towards the end, small rising bubbles, large head somewhere between beige and red. Aroma: sweet cherries, marzipan. Taste: cherry pie and jam, some apples, quite sweet, not very tart but dry. Medium-bodied with lively carbonation. Had this on the balcony on the first good day of summer, as the old tradition requires.

Pours reddish brown witha small white head. Nose is cherry syrup. Not much else. Taste is overly sweet. Might as well be cherry 7up. Mouthfeel is soft and lively. Long aftertaste and medium body. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Just not my favorite style. A sour I do not particularly like, especially in combination with cherry. At least my girlfriend likes it. Bottle from Van Erp in Groningen.

Smell has cherry carbonation exposes the fruitiness of this ale. Sour....very tart beginning to end. Still well balanced with the fruit sweetness. Not light on the palate, but easy to drink with the fairly sessionable 6%abv.

Pour dark, deep ruby red, with a small slightly pink head. Aroma of cheries, berries and slight hay. Taste is sweet like fruit. Medium body, with a slight fizzy carb. Quite refreshing

375ml bottle. Cherries aromas, mature. Pours bright red, some hazy. Light body, high carbonated. Tastes is sweet from cherries and sour from fermentation, not so balanced, but the final result is quite good. Long astrigent finish. A really sweet and tasty one.

Had this beer at the 4th Annual Casanova Beer Cave Festival. Nice toasty cherry finish, pretty decent.

Delicious. Plan and simple. So very delicious. Highly advise that you go try to find this one.